The U.S. economy has been leaking jobs for six months, seven if you exclude government hiring.
DANCING WITH THE DOWNTURN (Las Vegas Business Press)
For most of last month before realizing his life's dream, Errol LeBlanc had grown so tense that he became physically ill.
WVU Law Clinic to Offer Services to Entrepreneurs (The Charleston State Journal)
The clinics at the College of Law at West Virginia University provide legal services to people who can't afford them while giving students real, on-the-ground experience.
CS-20 Down 'Only' 0.9% on Month, UBS Says (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - The Conference Board consumer confidence index rose slightly to 51.9 in July from 51.0 in June, observed the analysts at UBS. The June and July readings were the lowest since February 1992. Labor market components weakened further, with the net percent of respondents saying that jobs are hard to get rising to 16.8 percent in July from 15.6 percent in June.
GM's Steady Online Spending Shift: A Double-Edged Sword? (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
For the past three years, General Motors has been cutting total ad expenditures, going from the number two spender to number four. During that same period, the automaker tells AdAge, it has shifted about 25 percent of its roughly $2 billion annual ad spend to digital.
GM's Steady Online Spending Shift: A Double-Edged Sword? (CBS News)
For the past three years, General Motors has been cutting total ad expenditures, going from the number two spender to number four. During that same period, the automaker tells AdAge, it has shifted about 25 percent of its roughly $2 billion annual ad spend to digital. In the last year, TNS recently said GM's online spending was over $212 milliondisplay only, not search or online videoa 79 ...
California United Bank Achieves 45.5 Percent Growth in Assets in Second Quarter 2008 Over 2007; Exceeds Highest "Well ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ENCINO, Calif.----California United Bank today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 highlighted by: Increase in net income of 193.5 percent over second quarter 2007.
For LegalZoom Toffee Entrepreneur, Business is Sweet (Centre Daily Times)
As Janet Long found out, mom does know best. With her mom's secret recipe in hand, Janet incorporated Elaine's Toffee Co. three years ago with her dad and two sisters. In no time at all, the San Francisco-based toffee business was booming, and continues to experience strong growth with an expanded national distribution network that includes top retailers.
For LegalZoom Toffee Entrepreneur, Business is Sweet (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----As Janet Long found out, mom does know best. With her mom?s secret recipe in hand, Janet incorporated Elaine?s Toffee Co. three years ago with her dad and two sisters.
State ought to do more to promote venture capital (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
It isn't that the State of Wisconsin Investment Board hasn't tried to pump life into the venture capital scene in the...
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